Cash and parcel carrier



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CASH AND PARCEL CARRIER.`

10.293.241. Patented P eb.j 12.71884.

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CHARLES GRANT, Ja., or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.v

CASH AND PARCEL CARRIER- SPECIFICATI'O `forming part of LettersPateritNo.` 293,241, dated February 12, 1884.

' v Application filed January 7, 1884. (No model.) i

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Be it known that I, CHARLES GRANT, Jr., of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have'invented certain Improvementsin Cash and Parcel Carrier Systems, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanyingdrawings, making part of this specication, in which- Y Figure 1`represents my invention applied to an apartment havinga low ceiling;Fig. 2, the same applied to an apartment having a high ceiling. Fig. 3is atransverse section of the track enlarged. Fig. 4 is a longitudinalsection of one end of the track, with its locking and elevating devices.Fig. 5. is a horizontal section through the frame which guides the endof the track.

My present invention consists in a track of a cash and parcel railwaysupported by a ilexible cord, wire, chain, or band rove through pulleysor guide-rolls arranged'in two or more a series of vertical 4wiresdepending therefrom,

or to a horizontal wire supported by said vertical wires, the lowerpulleys being secured to the central xlportion of the track or todevices connected therewith, whereby my said track-support niay beapplied to apartments having high or low ceilings.

Hy invention also consists, in combination with an inverted-T or othersuitable shape track having a central hollow or tubular portion', of awire or cord extending longitudinally and loosely through the same, theends of said wire or cord being connected with the locking andtrack-inclining devices.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand and use my invention,I will proceed to describe the manner in which Ihave carried it out.

VIn Fig. l of the said drawings, Arepresents the ceiling of a lowstudded apartment,to which section, Fig. 3, provided with a central holylow or tubular portion, b, to the top of which. are secured, at equaldistances from each other, a series of similar pulleys, c.

d is aiiexible wire, cord, chain, or-band conducted over the pulleys cand under the pulleys c, and having its ends secured to the ends c e ofthe track, by whichl arrangement the supporting wire or cord d is freeto run over the pulleys, and thus permit the track to be inclined, bymeans hereinafter to be described. l

Outside of and in close proximitywith the ends of the track are locatedthe frames C C, each provided near its bottom with a stop, h, to limitthe downward pitch ofthe track, each frame also being provided near itstop with a recess, z', for the reception of the end of a locking-bolt,D, secured to the contiguousend of the track.

Projecting inwardly from the top of each frame C is a pulley, G, overwhich is led a cord, l, one end of which is secured to the loopedcontiguous end of a horizontal wire, m, which tits.

loosely in and extendsv longitudinally through the hollow or tubularcentral portion, b, of the track, the other end of the cord Z beingwith-` in reach of the salesman or cashier` (as the case may be) locatedat this end of the track, Figs. 3 and 4'. The locking-bolt D at each endof the track is connected by a short chain, n, with the contiguous endofthe horizontallysliding wire m; and the salesman or cashier at thelower end of the track may withdraw the bolt at the upper end of thetrack, when the carrier (not shown) is to be returned, by pulling downon the cord Z at his end, a continuation of the pull causing theelevation of this end of the track, and the consequent descent of 9o ingdown from the ceiling or to their junctions with a horizontal wire orrod, r', secured to their lower ends, in which case the horizontal wireor rod also performs the office of preventing the vibration ofthe track.(See Fig. 2.

From the foregoing it will be seen. that the IOC) flexibility of thesupporting cord, Wire, chain, or band endows it with the ability to runwith perfect freedom through the pulleys or guiderolls, and thus admitsof the ready inclination of the track in either direction, as desired.Each side frame, C, is grooved or channeled in order to guide and' keepsteady the end of the track. (See Fig. 5.)

1. In combination, alexible supporting Wire, cord, band, or chain, d,tWo series of pulleys or guide-rolls, c c, arranged substantially asdescribed, and a track, B, of a form in crosssection adapted thereto,for the purpose set forth.

2. An inverted-T-shaped track having a series of pulleys or guide-rollssecured thereto,

a series of pulleys or guide-rolls secured to or depending from theceiling of an apartment, a iieXible supporting cord, Wire, chain, orband, and suitable track-inclining and locking devices, combined andarranged as specified.

3. A track having a central hollow or tubular portion, b, and ahorizontal Wire, cord, or

